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uninventing

uninventing is the present participle and gerund of uninvent.

Meaning of uninvent

Verb

uninvent (third-person singular simple present uninvents, present participle uninventing, simple past and past participle uninvented)

  1. (transitive) To undo the invention of; to unmake.
    • It’s easier to ban bake sales than to get rid of half the cars in the city, or uninvent video games, or design broccoli that tastes like homemade chocolate chip cookies.2009 October 11, Roz Chast, Tucker Nichols, Jillian Tamaki, Joseph Hart, Karen Barbour, Bella Foster, Jason Polan And Seth, “My Bake Sale Memory”, in New York Times

Questions about uninventing

What is uninventing the present participle and gerund of?
Uninventing is the present participle and gerund of uninvent.

Words near uninventing in the dictionary

  1. uninventability
  2. uninventable
  3. uninventableness
  4. uninvented
  5. uninventful
  6. uninventing
  7. uninvention
  8. uninventive
  9. uninventively
  10. uninventiveness
  11. uninventoried

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